The difference between Service and Wait on
When used as verbs, service means to serve, whereas wait on means to wait for an event.
Service is also noun with the meaning: an act of being of assistance to someone.
check bellow for the other definitions of Service and Wait on
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Service as a noun:
An act of being of assistance to someone.
Examples:
"I say I did him a service by ending our relationship - now he can freely pursue his career."
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Service as a noun (economics):
The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.
Examples:
"Hair care is a service industry."
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Service as a noun:
A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.
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Service as a noun (computing):
A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
Examples:
"This machine provides the name service for the LAN."
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Service as a noun:
The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group
Examples:
"Lancelot was at the service of King Arthur."
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Service as a noun:
The military.
Examples:
"I did three years in the service before coming here."
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Service as a noun:
A set of dishes or utensils.
Examples:
"She brought out the silver tea service."
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Service as a noun (sports):
The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
Examples:
"The player had four service faults in the set."
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Service as a noun:
A religious rite or ritual.
Examples:
"The funeral service was touching."
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Service as a noun (legal):
The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
Examples:
"The service happened yesterday."
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Service as a noun (Israel, West Bank, also in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria):
A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
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Service as a noun:
A musical composition for use in churches.
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Service as a noun (obsolete):
Profession of respect; acknowledgment of duty owed.
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Service as a noun (nautical):
The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
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Service as a verb (transitive):
To serve.
Examples:
"They service the customer base."
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Service as a verb (transitive):
To perform maintenance.
Examples:
"He is going to service the car."
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Service as a verb (transitive, agriculture, euphemistic):
To inseminate through sexual intercourse
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Service as a verb (transitive, vulgar):
To perform a sexual act.
Examples:
"He was going to service her."
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Service as a noun:
service tree
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Wait on as a verb (North America, colloquial):
To wait for an event.
Examples:
"I'm waiting on the light to change."
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Wait on as a verb:
To wait for a person to do something.
Examples:
"I'm waiting on you before we can leave."
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Wait on as a verb:
To serve someone; to be a waiter or waitress for a table in a restaurant.
Examples:
"Is someone waiting on you yet?"
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Wait on as a verb (archaic):
To attend; to go to see; to visit on business or for ceremony.
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Wait on as a verb (archaic):
To follow, as a consequence; to await.
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Wait on as a verb (archaic):
To attend to; to perform.
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Wait on as a verb (falconry, of a hawk):
To fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung.